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jen2fe
Explorer | Level 3
5 years ago
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Storage says it is full, but it is not

Hi,    I'm new to these forums, so please bare with me.   I have an account with folders shared with me by my employer. We have plenty of storage, but when I log in I see a message every time say...
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    5 years ago

    Hi jen2fe 

     

    You are nearly out of space - you only have 74mb of space left based upon the data you posted below. Shared folders use up the quota of every person within the share UNLESS you are a licensed team member of a Business plan. So, your colleagues either have more space, a paid plan or are part of a paid team. 

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Hannah
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3 years ago

Hey Raymondus, thanks for joining the Dropbox Community.

 

What do you see in your account settings here about your space usage?

 

Is it possible that you're receiving these emails to a different address, connected to a different, perhaps older Dropbox account and not your main one?

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Upstate Cate
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago
Same problem. I did that and I have 761.4 MB used.
  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    3 years ago

    Hi Upstate Cate, how large is the shared folder you're trying to add to your account? Does it make your account overquota when adding the 761.4 MB from your existing files?

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